Ethereal 0.9.4 SOCKS/RVSP/AFS/LMP Dissector memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ethereal 0.9.4 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component SOCKS/RVSP/AFS/LMP Dissector. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-0822. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ethereal 0.9.4 (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component SOCKS/RVSP/AFS/LMP Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Ethereal 0.9.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly excecute arbitrary code via the (1) SOCKS, (2) RSVP, (3) AFS, or (4) LMP dissectors, which can be caused to core dump.

The weakness was presented 08/12/2002 with Ethereal (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ethereal.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-0822. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12319 (RHEL 2.1 : ethereal (RHSA-2002:170)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115025 (Red Hat Ethereal Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9496), Tenable (12319), SecurityFocus (BID 5167†), OSVDB (6920†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6739†). See VDB-18251, VDB-18252, VDB-18253 and VDB-18707 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 12319
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 : ethereal (RHSA-2002:170)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/28/2002 🔍
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08/12/2002 +45 days 🔍
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09/12/2002 +31 days 🔍
07/06/2004 +663 days 🔍
01/04/2005 +182 days 🔍
07/22/2014 +3486 days 🔍
05/29/2019 +1772 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ethereal.com
Organization: Ethereal
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-0822 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0822
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18708
X-Force: 9496
SecurityFocus: 5167 - Ethereal AFS Dissector Memory Corruption Vulnerability
OSVDB: 6920 - Ethereal WCP Dissector Large Frame Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 6739 - DoS in Ethereal Group Ethereal 0.8.18, 0.9 - 0.9.4 via SOCKS, RSVP AFS or LMP Dissectors, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2014 00:07
Updated: 05/29/2019 07:50
Changes: 07/23/2014 00:07 (69), 05/29/2019 07:50 (5)
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